Beautifly -- Roaring Skies Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Beautifly from the Roaring Skies Pokemon Card Set.  Beautifly is a stage 2, grass type Pokemon card, with an hp of 130.  It has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a free retreat cost.  Beautifly's Ability is called Miraculous Scales, this prevents all attacks done to Beautifly by EX Pokemon.  Besides the Ability, Beautifly has one move called Whirlwind, this move requires three energy cards to use, two colorless and one grass, and does 80 damage, plus you may have your opponent switch their active Pokemon with one of their benched Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Beautifly is a stage 2 Pokemon card, you'll first have to get Wurmple into play and then evolve it into Silcoon before you can evolve Silcoon into Beautifly, both of those Pokemon are from this set and I've reviewed both of them the last couple of days.  If you've read my reviews of those cards you'll know that I thought both cards were below average, I gave Wurmple a 2 out of 5 rating because the main move it had for attacking, although a decent move, required two energy cards to use, and I gave Silcoon as 1 out of 5 rating because it had a low HP, high retreat cost, and one pretty under-powered move for a Stage 1 card.  So knowing this about the first two forms in this Pokemon line and looking at this Beautifly card, this card would be mainly used as a way to combat EX heavy decks.  I would include a 1-1-1 line of Wurmple, Silcoon, and Beautifly in a deck and just leave this line on the bench until your opponent plays an EX card, then move Beautifly to the active Pokemon spot doing 80 damage a turn and retreat it for free once you knock it out.  Not only does this card prevent EX cards from attacking, it might prevent your opponent from even setting up an EX card on the bench.  I also like how Whirlwind increases the chances of your opponent having an EX card in the active Pokemon spot, for example if they just have one card on their bench, an EX card, you could then have them move it to the active Pokemon spot.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 4 out of 5 rating.  In my opinion this is an above average Stage 2 Pokemon card from the Roaring Skies set.  I really like this card, the reason I am holding back giving it a perfect rating is because Beautifly loses a lot of its effectiveness if your opponent isn't using an EX card, but this card still has a free retreat cost and an above average damage move, so it is definitely worthy of using.  However, paired together with Wurmple and Silcoon from this set, I can't give this line any higher than a 3 out of 5 rating.

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So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Beautifly from the Roaring Skies set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of Cascoon, which is from this same set.  Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!

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Beautifly -- Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Review

Pokemon Card Overview:
Today's Pokemon Card Review is of Beautifly from the Dragons Exalted Pokemon Card Set.  Beautifly is a stage 2, grass type Pokemon card, with an hp of 120.  Beautifly evolves from Wurmple and then into Silcoon which evolves into Beautifly.  I have reviewed both of those other Pokemon from this set the past two days.  Beautifly has a x2 weakness to fire type Pokemon, no resistance type, and a one colorless energy card retreat cost.  Beautifly does not have an Ability but it does have two moves, the first move is called Triple Energy and for one grass energy card this move allows you to search your deck for three different types of energy cards and attach them to your Pokemon in any way you like.  Beautifly's second move is called Drainpour and for three energy cards, two colorless and one grass, this move does 40 damage, plus it heals 40 damage from each of your benched Pokemon.

Pokemon Card Strategy:
So as far as strategy goes, since Beautifly is a stage 2 Pokemon, you'll want to evolve Wurmple into Silcoon and then Silcoon into Beautifly on the bench so you can start attacking right away when you put Beautifly into the active Pokemon spot and not worry about getting knocked out after one move.  Since Beautifly's Triple Energy move can attach three energy cards to any of your Pokemon all at once, I would suggest getting Beautifly into the active Pokemon spot as soon as possible, the faster you get it into the active Pokemon spot the faster you'll be able to set up the rest of your deck.  So when I first put Beautifly into the active Pokemon spot I would try and use Triple Energy a turn or two to set up my bench Pokemon.  However, if it is late in the game and many of my benched Pokemon have been in the active Pokemon spot and received damage then retreated, it only makes sense to use Drainpour every turn instead of Triple Energy.  Either move greatly helps out your team.  I would look to have a 4-3-2 line of Wurmple, Silcoon, and Beautifly in at least a partly grass type deck, that has Pokemon that are defensive, low retreat costs, and can inflict special conditions.

Pokemon Card Rating:
I would give this card a 5 out of 5 rating.  Even though this card only has 120 damage for a stage 2 Pokemon card, and can only do a maximum of 40 damage a turn I am still giving this card a perfect rating.  The reason I'm doing this is because this card is a great team card, it can either set up one of your benched Pokemon extremely fast, or reduce a ton of damage from each of your Pokemon during each turn, and with a low retreat cost it will be easy to rotate this card in and out of play while aiding your team.  So if you're looking for a grass type Pokemon line to use, I would definitely include this one.

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So thanks for reading today's Pokemon card review of Beautifly from the Dragons Exalted set, stay tuned for tomorrow's card review of another of Wurmple's evolutions in Cascoon from the same set.  Make sure to check below for the Free Pokemon TCG Online Codes!

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